[PATCH] regexp-opt support for \_< and \_>

[Daniel Colascione]

Trivial patch to allow regexp-opt to wrap words in \_< and \_> instead of \< 
and \>. Also document the behavior of regexp-opt when PAREN is a string.

Index: regexp-opt.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -r1.42 regexp-opt.el
--- regexp-opt.el       5 Jan 2009 03:21:08 -0000       1.42
+++ regexp-opt.el       26 May 2009 22:17:43 -0000
@@ -95,20 +95,28 @@
  (let ((open (if PAREN \"\\\\(\" \"\")) (close (if PAREN \"\\\\)\" \"\")))
    (concat open (mapconcat 'regexp-quote STRINGS \"\\\\|\") close))
 
-If PAREN is `words', then the resulting regexp is additionally surrounded
-by \\=\\< and \\>."
+If PAREN is a string, use that string instead of the opening
+\\=(. Note that because a closing parenthesis is still added to
+the generated regular expression, PAREN should contain an open
+parenthesis.
+
+If PAREN is `words', then the resulting regexp is additionally
+surrounded by \\=\\< and \\>. If PAREN is `symbols', then the
+resulting regexp is additionally surrounded by \\=\\_< and \\_>."
   (save-match-data
     ;; Recurse on the sorted list.
     (let* ((max-lisp-eval-depth 10000)
           (max-specpdl-size 10000)
           (completion-ignore-case nil)
           (completion-regexp-list nil)
-          (words (eq paren 'words))
-          (open (cond ((stringp paren) paren) (paren "\\(")))
+           (open (cond ((stringp paren) paren) (paren "\\(")))
           (sorted-strings (delete-dups
                            (sort (copy-sequence strings) 'string-lessp)))
           (re (regexp-opt-group sorted-strings (or open t) (not open))))
-      (if words (concat "\\<" re "\\>") re))))
+      (cond ((eq paren 'words) (concat "\\<" re "\\>"))
+            ((eq paren 'symbols) (concat "\\_<" re "\\_>"))
+            (t re)))))
+
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun regexp-opt-depth (regexp)